AN art teacher who had a long-term sexual relationship with a teenage pupil wept as he was jailed for four years yesterday.

The court heard Ian Blott, 54, began the two-and-half year affair when the girl had just turned 15.

Helen Hendry, prosecuting, said he had sex with her and indulged in other sex acts in the classroom cupboard, his car, the steam room of his gym and on school trips.

Miss Hendry said the pair communicated by text. Messages sent by the teacher included: "Can we have sex please?XX" and "Last lesson. Room 60. Fancy it?XX" She said he also sent pictures of his penis and video clips of him performing a sex act.

The judge at Hull crown court told Blott he had destroyed part of the girl's life, leaving her suffering from post-traumatic stress and bulimia.

Blott, of Thwing, near Driffield, East Yorks, had pleaded guilty to abusing a position of trust and sexual activity with a child by a person in a position of trust. He denied sex at the school.